Need help to improve the exterior (siding and brick) and curb appeal.
The siding needs to be replaced and white brick is blah; also, can the brick be stained?
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msjoan
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Need some help with improving curb appeal
Comments (4)If the driveway and sidewalks have yet to be installed and you have control over what materials and shape are installed, then you have a great opportunity to enhance curb appeal. Consider the shape of your driveway and how to make it interesting. It will be wide because of the 2-car garage so some type of brick edging or brick lines will break up the expanse. Also consider concrete or pavers to stay with a masonry theme....See MoreCurb appeal for Half brick half siding exterior
Comments (8)Please add another picture set. Line the camera up with the center of house and while standing there, take slightly overlapping pictures from left lot line to right lot line so we can see the surroundings/setting. For sure you need a wider walk. The raised bed is not deep enough. Are you up for redoing?...See MoreCurb appeal/ exterior brick and siding paint
Comments (14)Hmmm, I really don't think the mock up by houssaon makes the house look better, so definitely don't paint the brick a light color. I don't love the brick with the roof, so what if you painted it a darker color? In this pic, the body of the house is shingles so ignore that, just the color. Definitely add some interest between the windows. Even if you don't paint the brick, paint the garage doors darker to blend better with the brick. I had garage doors that were high contrast with the body of my house. My dear friend said it was like two beady eyes staring out. I painted them the same color as the house, dressed them up with some hardware and it definitely looks better. Ideally you could replace them with wood look doors but I think your money is better spent elsewhere if you paint them. What zone are you in? That would allow better advice on plantings. I feel you need something large and evergreen to keep the interest in winter....See MoreImproving Curb Appeal - What would you do to improve curb appeal?
Comments (15)Shutters should appear to be operable, so they would need to be as wide as the window... so if closed, they would cover the window. So no shutters on your house. I agree with taking out the boxwood that have been butchered. If you take the bed all the way to the sidewalk, you need a pocket bed on the left side. Yes to learn more about pruning the Crepe Myrtle. Ever heard of Crepe Murder? It's a thing. LOL Honestly you don't even have to prune them. We had several over 30ft tall at our last house, but you don't want one too tall right next to the house. Having lived in the South all my life, I don't have a problem with the grass since we get rain. No idea where you live, but the grass looks healthy. Unless you want to spend every weekend gardening, or hire a gardener, I would not go to the extreme of removing the grass. If there room for a wooden bench on the front porch?...See More
chloebud
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PRORL Relocation LLC
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tracefloyd
last yearlast modified: last yearPaint the house a neutral color and paint the front door and its trim a bright color. White brick and trim, cream siding, warm red door.
Paint the two front pots black and move the left one to under the left 'pillar' or 'column' so it is off the walkway and shows the door. Plant dwarf boxwood or other bright green 1-2' height perennial along the mulch beside the front walk.
My software is crude but here is my concept. The white brick has a blue cast in your photo but it's supposed to be pure white with the cream.
simplynatural
last yearAssuming the windows can't be painted, the challenge I see is to integrate their brighter white with the pink-ier white (in the photo, at least) of the brick. What about a soft, pearly gray for the siding? I'd keep the shutters and actually add more; they (1) provide an opportunity to repeat the brick color against the siding and the siding color against the brick, integrating the parts of the house, and (2) could cover the obvious infill panels beside the two lower windows.
Do you know if the brick of the column is structural or just veneer? If possible, I think stopping the brick at the line of the lower window edges and using painted wood above looks better than a straight brick column with no detail.
A widened walkway, lines of evergreens to "ground" the house, a couple of tall deciduous shrubs where there are no windows, and a clean and simple entry area finish off this makeover option.
J O
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PRONorwood Architects
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Sigrid